McCarthy v. Philadelphia Civil Svc. Comm’n, 424 U.S. 645 (1976)

McCarthy v. Philadelphia Civil Service Comm’n


No. 75-783


Decided March 22, 1976
424 U.S. 645

APPEAL TO THE COMMONWEALTH COURT
OF PENNSYLVANIA, EASTERN DISTRICT

Syllabus

Philadelphia municipal regulation requiring city employees to be residents of the city held to be constitutional as a bona fide continuing residence requirement and not to violate the right of interstate travel of appellant, whose employment as a city fireman was terminated under the regulation because he moved his residence from Philadelphia to New Jersey.

19 Pa.Commw. 383, 339 A.2d 634, affirmed.